添办
tiān​bàn

acquire

添 tiān append

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

忝
忝 Sound component
tiǎn disgraced

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttheml̥ ˤ[i]madd
Zhengzhangtʰiːm
Unicodetem

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang

办 bàn manage Simplified

Simplified form of 辦. Phonosemantic compound. 力 represents the meaning and 辡 represents the sound.

Components

力
力 Meaning component
lì, li power
辡
辡 SoundSimplified component
biàn criminals accusing one another

Component uses

Simplified (2)

苏协

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

辦 bàn manage Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 力 represents the meaning and 辡 represents the sound.

Components

力
力 Meaning component
lì, li power
辡
辡 Sound component
biàn criminals accusing one another

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartbeanH[b]ˤren-s manage, deal with

說文解字

《說文新附》：“辦，致力也。从力，辡聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)